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River Flood Warning 81, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Sep 30, 2026, 10:55 AM CDT for Keokuk County, Iowa. It took effect at Sep 30, 2026, 9:34 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 30, 2026, 10:55 AM CDT (15:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 30, 2026, 9:34 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2026, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Keokuk County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point North Skunk River near Sigourney (SIGI4). The gauge peaked at 19.08 ft at Oct 1, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 14.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 16 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 21 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05472500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 9:54 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Johnson, Washington | 13 hr |
| Sep 29, 9:54 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Keokuk | 13 hr |
| Sep 30, 1:46 AM CDT | Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 14 more | 45 hr |
| Sep 30, 10:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 21 days |
| Sep 30, 11:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa | 21 days |
| Sep 30, 11:07 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 10 hr |
| Sep 30, 11:10 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Washington | 10 hr |
| Sep 30, 11:10 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 10 hr |
| Sep 30, 11:10 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 10 hr |
| Sep 30, 11:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Washington | 5 days |
| Sep 30, 11:20 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Lee | 10 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.